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Ecommerce: successful products
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Was 2020 actually the year of ecommerce? How is the online retail market going and what are the sectors that are increasing their online sales faster? Here’s some context and some reflections starting from the data shared by Statista in several of its in-depth analysis.

The ecommerce growth
What will the future of ecommerce look like? What was the impact of Covid-19 on online purchasing? Is the ecommerce market going to maintain the trend it followed during the pandemic? In order to start answering questions like these, Datareportal has collected and interpreted a series of data sourced by Globalwebindex for the first quarter of 2020. Here are some of the interesting findings.

Lusso vs. Luxury: the context makes it different
Every brand, as a – quoting Colin Bates – "collection of perceptions in the mind of the consumer”, expresses the universe of values related to a product, a service, an organization or an individual. But values are not interpreted everywhere in the same way, their meaning could be different from country to country as well as from culture to culture. Let’s see an example with the concept of “luxury” according to English and Italian culture and language.

Why is your brand different? And why is it better? [part 2]
Once a brand finds out its competitive advantage that differentiates it from the others, to assure itself a certain visibility, to be memorable and lovable, a brand should work on another factor: the value added. Keep reading to know more about this.

Why is your brand different? And why is it better? [part 1]
To be visible in its market, every brand has to have “a something” that allows people to distinguish it from others, to remember its presence among the possible choices and... to fall in love with it. What are the factors that contribute to that? The competitive advantage and the value added. Today we will talk about the first one.

Understand your targets
After the overview on the evolution of “brand” concept and its relationship with the marketing approach and the role given to consumers by the different eras, it’s time to understand in detail what – or better who – is the “target” for a business, a product, a service or whatever.

Branding Evolution 4th step: the “TO EXPERIENCE” era
The three steps theorised by Jacque Séguéla in the ‘90 – the ones I have called “TO HAVE”, “TO BE” and “TO DESIRE” eras – don’t seem to me enough to cover all the tranformations that have occurred over time in the relationship among marketing, the “brand” concept and the consumers’ role, so I have added another phase, the latest. Today I write about the “TO EXPERIENCE” era of branding.

Branding Evolution 3rd step: the “TO DESIRE” era
The “TO HAVE” and “TO BE” era of branding cannot be enough in a market system that is full of competitors and in which products and services have to be very appealing to stand out. This post is going to continue the description of the changes that have occurred over time in the relationship among marketing, the “brand” concept and the consumers’ role in a third phase. Today I’ll tell you about the “TO DESIRE” era of branding.

Branding Evolution 2nd step: the “TO BE” era
After the 1st step of branding evolution or so called “TO HAVE” era, this post is going to continue the description of the changes that have occurred over time in the relationship among marketing, the idea of “brand” and the consumers’ role. Today I’ll show you what happens with the “TO BE” era of branding.